diff --git a/.github/release-please/manifest.json b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
index a56866a8bd7..a0d1d73bdda 100644
--- a/.github/release-please/manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "core": "24.29.0",
+  "core": "25.0.0",
   "prover": "16.5.0",
   "zkstack_cli": "0.1.2"
 }
diff --git a/core/CHANGELOG.md b/core/CHANGELOG.md
index 59b49af1554..47605cfb085 100644
--- a/core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [25.0.0](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/compare/core-v24.29.0...core-v25.0.0) (2024-10-15)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* **contracts:** integrate protocol defense changes ([#2737](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2737))
+
+### Features
+
+* Add CoinMarketCap external API ([#2971](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2971)) ([c1cb30e](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/c1cb30e59ca1d0b5fea5fe0980082aea0eb04aa2))
+* **contracts:** integrate protocol defense changes ([#2737](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2737)) ([c60a348](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/c60a3482ee09b3e371163e62f49e83bc6d6f4548))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* restore instruction count functionality ([#3081](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3081)) ([6159f75](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/6159f7531a0340a69c4926c4e0325811ed7cabb8))
+
 ## [24.29.0](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/compare/core-v24.28.0...core-v24.29.0) (2024-10-14)
 
 
diff --git a/core/bin/external_node/Cargo.toml b/core/bin/external_node/Cargo.toml
index 25f2400c79b..4e3dc548cf8 100644
--- a/core/bin/external_node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/bin/external_node/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "zksync_external_node"
 description = "Non-validator ZKsync node"
-version = "24.29.0" # x-release-please-version
+version = "25.0.0" # x-release-please-version
 edition.workspace = true
 authors.workspace = true
 homepage.workspace = true